Author: Tom

Exploring Missionary Burnout, Pt. 1

Exploring Missionary Burnout, Pt. 1

According to the Webster’s dictionary, burnout is “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration”. Burnout among missionaries is real and it is also one reason for why some missionaries leave the field. Sometimes burnout itself is actually the main reason behind why someone leaves the […]
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Aventura en la Ciudad de México

Aventura en la Ciudad de México

This past week I had the opportunity to take a trip down to Mexico City with a group from our mission, including some of the older students from Binimea (Jude’s MK school down here)! The coordinator for our Spanish language and Mexican culture program, Kathleen, also teaches Mexican history for the high schoolers at Binimea and organized this […]
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Family in the Mountains

Family in the Mountains

Last week our family was privileged to spend time with a special group of people from among one of Mexico’s indigenous groups living their lives in the beautiful Mexican mountains, the most special thing about them being that they are our brothers and sisters in Christ. You can drive for hours across seemingly endless mountain […]
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Here & There

Here & There

This past Christmas we were blessed to be able to go to Michigan and spend time with all of my siblings, my parents and some precious friends as well. It was a huge gift to us and one we are so thankful to the Lord for. This blog is just going to be a few highlights […]
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THANKFUL for: One full year in Mexico!

THANKFUL for: One full year in Mexico!

As of this past week we have officially lived in Mexico for one year! This last year has flown by. In honor of the past 12 months we decided to share a bit about them! 🙂 After one year in Mexico we have experienced a lot, learned a lot too and are growing to love the country […]
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Classroom on the Road (Pt. 3)

Classroom on the Road (Pt. 3)

The last day of our trip was one that simply did not have enough hours in it! Most of us had pressing reasons to need to be back in the city by that night and as we considered all our options of things to do and the time it would take to do them (especially with […]
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Classroom on the Road (Pt. 2)

Classroom on the Road (Pt. 2)

We woke up to a beautiful day in the Sierra’s the next day and couldn’t wait to get going and see the marvelous Copper Canyon! This environment was like a dream for the kids! As long as they didn’t forget to avoid piles of cow manure in the grass, they could climb on rocks and […]
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Classroom on the Road (Pt. 1)

Classroom on the Road (Pt. 1)

A few weeks ago it suddenly occurred to us that the summer was almost over and we still hadn’t made our move to take the trip to Creel that we had planned to take at the begining of the summer. Where had the time gone? Soon Jude would be back in school and we would […]
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Sticking It Out in His Strength

Sticking It Out in His Strength

There are many things I don’t understand about how the Lord works in my life and the things He allows. Among those many things, I do not understand why the Lord has seen fit to have me (us) go through this process of language and culture adjustment… AGAIN. Well, here we are, though- starting again […]
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